19 April 2007: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Gonzales qualifies the attorney firings as
"flawed," though not "improper."
U.S. District Court to decide whether Yahoo can be held responsible for torture by the Chinese government.
Ten suspects arrested in the bloody murder of three Bible publishers in eastern Turkey.
Russia ensures that all 89 foreign-based adoption agencies' licenses expire, leaving thousands of children with nowhere to go.
In "bizarre swap," U.S. agrees to take Sri Lankan refugees stranded on Nauru, if Australia will take Cuban and Haitian asylum-seekers.
If you're skipping out on the Cricket World Cup, you're not the only one. (Same goes for passing on Tarantino and Rodriguez's Grindhouse.)
Cheapskates may find tai chi a sufficient replacement for chickenpox vaccine.
This single site has more influence on Japanese popular opinion than the prime minister, the emperor, and the traditional media combined. If anything interesting is happening in Japan, it's on 2-channel.
Times headline department particularly insensitive to Brooklyn's feelings about the passing of its minke whale.
The proof we've always sought: Those Croc clogs are deadly.
Obama '08's grassroots campaign is coming to a bathroom near you.
Today's long read: The bygone societal implications of the handkerchief, or James Fenimore Cooper makes your pocket talk.
Nothing mixes better than science, shampoo, lasers, and YouTube.
Shampoo is pretty much the only ingredient not in Twinkies.
Fast food fiction vs. fast food fact. Related: PBS hopes to inspire a new generation of food stylists.